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English: Balance wheel in a cheap 1950s mechanical alarm clock, the Apollo, by Lux Mfg. Co. 2.4 cm diameter. Arrows point to the hairspring (1) and the regulator (2). It has a rate of 4 beats (ticks) or two cycles per second. The clock belongs to me and is still working.
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Author Chris Burks Chetvorno

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Balance wheel and hairspring in a 1950s alarm clock

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16 June 2007

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